Assessing the Optimal Length of Parental Leave for Child and Parental Well-Being: How Can Research Inform Policy?

Autor/inn/en	Galtry, Judith; Callister, Paul
Titel	Assessing the Optimal Length of Parental Leave for Child and Parental Well-Being: How Can Research Inform Policy?
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 26 (2005) 2, S.219-246 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X04270344
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Public Policy; Birth; Sex Fairness; Mothers; Labor Market; Cognitive Development; Employed Parents; Well Being; Leaves of Absence; Parent Child Relationship; Comparative Analysis; Sweden; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Öffentliche Ordnung; Geburt; Sexualaufklärung; Mother; Mutter; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Kognitive Entwicklung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Lehrerbeurlaubung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Schweden; USA
Abstract	Parental leave is a complex area of public policy. Concerns include health protection for working mothers, equal employment opportunities for women, access to adequate antenatal and birthing care, maternal recovery, optimal nutrition for infants, and gender equality within families. Given this complexity, the design of parental leave schemes, including the optimal length of leave, should ideally be based on research from a wide range of disciplines. Yet research literature generally focuses on single issues. In this article, the focus is widened to encompass mothers' labor market outcomes, concerns surrounding childbirth and maternal recovery, parent-infant bonding, children's cognitive development, breastfeeding, and associated with each of these, gender equity objectives. In light of information from a wide range of disciplines and based on two country models, Sweden and the United States, it is proposed that discussions about parental leave policy, including the appropriate length of leave, should take a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10